Latest articles from the walk

In questo post ti parliamo di come fare lo zaino per un cammino, che sia corto, di qualche giorno, oppure lungo, anche di diversi mesi.

Having just passed the 35 years milestone I wonder what will be the second half of life. I like to look at the faces of these people...

The rain may seem like a bummer, a setback come to bothering us. Yet there is something exhilarating about covering yourself in...

No encounter is an island. No contact is an isolated dot. Each new acquaintance is like a thread that connects to other threads that...

I see so many dry olive trees that the countryside sometimes takes on a ghostly atmosphere. These cellulose pachyderms appear to have...

It is always exciting to start (or finish) where the land ends. First of all, my walk will cross the whole of Salento, which in ancient...

A Scicli ci arriviamo dall’interno, lungo stradicciole che cingono gli oliveti e gli ampi terreni costellati di mandorli e carrubi.

This is the first in a series of practical articles to help those traveling on foot, now brought to you in english too. We are Elisa and...

Besides admiring its buildings, churches and panoramic views, we were struck by one episode in Modica’s history. It was September 1902....

Entering Modica we found Valerio Petralia, Angelo Cavallo and Paolo Segreto, volunteers of “Via delle Collegiate” cultural organization....

Everyone told us: “it’s the best kept part of Sicily”. True, this place’s got something special. Entering the town of Ragusa we notice...

Here comes the Hyblaean Plateau. Here comes a new chapter of the trip that will lead us through enchanted towns like Ragusa and Syracuse....

Why does archeology matter? Come to Licodia Eubea and find out. It’s the town of the documentary and archeological communication film...

Sometimes there are towns that surprise you unexpectedly. They do not appear in “most beautiful village” awards nor in the suggested...

What if the millenary tradition of Caltagirone ceramics may be due in large part to the nature of the underlying terrain? Walking through...

In Caltanissetta province, a great green patch absorbs the sun’s rays. It’s just a small remnant of the vast expanse of woodland that...

To cross the Gela Plain on foot is like revisiting its many layers of history, meeting the signs of the present and the past. For a...

What looks like the long neck of a huge mechanical giraffe is one of the many active hydrocarbon wells of the Gela plain. To see them in...

Clouds. What are they? Agglomerates of water particles wandering off the atmosphere. They float in midair, waiting to clash with other...

Along the coast we find wide stretches of untouched sand, in which remain only our footsteps and those of birds searching for food. Some...